- downplay the significance of
- Общая лексика: преуменьшать значение (чего-л.), приуменьшать значимость, приуменьшить значение
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
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downplay — down|play [ daun,pleı ] verb transitive to deliberately make a situation seem less serious or important than it is: PLAY DOWN: The senator is downplaying the significance of the issue … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
downplay — verb Downplay is used with these nouns as the object: ↑extent, ↑importance, ↑incident, ↑role, ↑seriousness, ↑significance … Collocations dictionary
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